That was due to pressure, although I didn’t realise it,” Paul confesses. “Then we gave the finished mixes of the album to my manager, and he said: ‘This album’s a bit grown up, there’s no pop songs on it’, and I went: ‘Really?’ I’d never seen it that way. I thought it was more introspective and also, I was taking on the responsibility of being a pop star. Paul Young's Los Pacaminos riding into town" [ permanent dead link], Iomtoday.co.im; retrieved 28 January 2012. he played football for the Vauxhall Motors factory where he worked. In his spare time, he played in several bands as a bass guitarist. Talking about The Congregation’s 1971 hit, Paul explains: “ Softly Whispering was one of those one-hit-wonder songs like Yesterday Has Gone by Cupid’s Inspiration and I’d always fancied trying it. I always earmarked every song I covered, although I was talked into Oh Girl by the record company. I’d originally thought it was a great song for a live encore, but a bit of a cop-out for a single.” Paul’s Tex-Mex troopers Los Pacaminos started out as a hobby band but have now been together for nearly three decades

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Hits of the World – Italy – Top Pop Albums" (PDF). Billboard. 22 December 1984. p.TA–12 . Retrieved 27 December 2021. As No Parlez took off, Paul soon found himself as one of the major breakthrough solo artists of the decade, and became the ‘new boy’ when he took part in Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? in November 1984. “I’d only got one album under my belt, and suddenly, I was in there with all these stars I’d seen on TV, but they probably didn’t know me that well.” Canadian album certifications – Paul Young – No Parlez". Music Canada . Retrieved 13 December 2021. Iron Out the Rough Spots" ( Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, David Porter) – 7:28 (extended club mix) On the 40th anniversary of No Parlez, Paul is releasing his extraordinary memoir; ‘Take A Piece Of Me With You’

Also, around this time, Paul responded to the hiatus in his career by calling up friends and suggesting they get together in an informal group, simply for fun. The result was a loosely styled Tex-Mex band, Los Pacaminos. More of this comes later.

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Around The World Was Young" (PDF). 49 (7). Cashbox. 3 August 1985: 13 . Retrieved 13 December 2021. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) Drums, Electronic Drums [Simmons Kit], Drum Machine [TR808], Percussion [Clay Pots, Sauce Pans], Cowbell [Cowbells] – P.C. Mark "Hold Steady" Pinder* In 1993, Young was dropped from his contract with the CBS/ Sony Records label. He contributed to the Vangelis album Voices in 1995. Young sang the British national anthem, " God Save the Queen", at Wembley Stadium before England's Euro '96 semi-final match against Germany.It was after the release of Between Two Fires when Paul decided to take a break from the dizzying whirr of an international pop career and a fairly solid itinerary that had barely seen him enjoy a day off since 1982. He’d moved out to Los Angeles and married his longtime girlfriend, model Stacey Smith, in November 1987. Drums [Simmons Kit, Tr808], Percussion [Clay Pots, Sauce Pans], Cowbell [Cow-Bells] – P. C. Mark "Hold Steady" Pinder*

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poptastic tales you probably never knew about the original Band Aid". Digital Spy. 12 November 2014 . Retrieved 21 March 2016. New Zealand album certifications – Paul Young – No Parlez". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 13 December 2021. On his last album for Sony, Paul worked with Don Was on The Crossing. Shorn of much of what had made the Paul Young sound, especially on this first long-player without Pino Palladino involved, Paul recalls: “I was living my dream on that album. It didn’t start that way, but Don had a Filofax full of both famous names and top session players and he kept saying: ‘Why don’t we do this song with such-and-such and that song with somebody else?’” I must have played this album a LOT since I know every song and have both a US and UK pressing of it. Other Voices was also notable for Paul’s open-door policy on collaborators, something he’d not fully explored on record before.

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No Parlez remains very of its time production-wise, and really quite strange for an album so big: something its maker agrees with. “Yes, it was an odd album. I knew what I wanted it to be in terms of the variety of songs, but in terms of what it sounded like, I had no idea until we finished. But I knew that we wanted to mix old with new. Beyond that, it just came together – something that was serendipitous and meant to be, really.”